China’s economy was so large that its efforts to force foreign companies to add value in the country made waves round the world. After deciding that “new-energy vehicles” deserved government support as one of several “strategic emerging industries,” China’s national and provincial governments spent an estimated $59 billion subsidizing battery-powered vehicles between 2009 and 2017, an amount equal to 42 percent of the country’s sales of electric vehicles during that period. Some of the subsidies went to Chinese automakers, and some, such as a sales-tax exemption on electric vehicles, went directly to consumers. Alongside the subsidies and tax breaks, the national government used a 25 percent tariff on auto imports to induce foreign companies to make electric vehicles in China, but allowed them to do so only if they shared their technology with Chinese joint venture partners.
“The truth is, you won’t always be a priority to others, and that’s why you need to be a priority to yourself. Learn to respect yourself, take care of yourself, and become your own support system”
A band of seven young men whom no one paid attention to, except the few who looked down on them, fighting through various difficulties and paying back with love all the people who came to love and support them along the way. But not only did their story keep continuing after they’d triumphed as heroes, reality kept throwing all sorts of obstacles no one could ever have imagined.
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Johnny was silent for a long time, not making a sound, just being there, being with me, sharing the weight, shouldering the pain with silent support. And I think I loved him more for what he didn't say in that moment. He didn't make the promises he couldn't keep. He didn't offer more than he could give. He just stay.
Above all, we should treat the large and diverse set of countries in the Global South as partners to progress. Given their growing economies, Indian decisions between investing in new coal plants or more solar power, Brazilian decisions on how to develop their agriculture and exploit their tropical resources, African approaches to mining, protection of biodiversity, and low-carbon urbanization will all help determine whether the world meets the Sustainable Development Goals. Global South countries can be pioneers on sustainable development, whether through Argentinian techniques of ‘dry tilling’ to promote low-carbon farming, or innovations in the development of sustainable biofuels in Kenya, Tanzania and other African countries. India’s recent successes in lunar exploration open a vista to joint research with established space powers on the feasibility of mining for minerals on the moon, or further afield in our solar system. With the right technical support, African countries could undertake the genetic sequencing of new viruses locally, becoming key links in the early warning chain for global health.
A seven year and two month old female patient was brought by her mother to the outpatient clinic of child psychiatry with a complaint of stretching by flexing the legs and rubbing on objects. According to the information acquired from the mother, this behaviour started first when she was 3 years of age. Previously, she was rubbing on her bed and
